The Sense of Brown: JEM Jam

The Hemispheric Institute and the Department of Performance Studies present The Sense of Brown: JEM Jam. This showcase celebrates José Esteban Muñoz’s book The Sense of Brown, posthumously edited by Joshua Chambers-Letson and Tavia Nyong’o.

A vaudevillian, frenetic, and futuristic frenzy within the variety show tradition, JEM Jam flows as a cascade of queer black, brown deviance. JEM Jam assembles dance, music, theatre, poetry and comedy among other interstitial happenings-of-the-live, and lifts our shared current moment of isolation into orbit. 

Chicago-born mexicaribeñx comedian Mateo Hurtado shreds sounds and guffaws as the MC. Joe Louis, MARIKISCRYCRYCRY, Monique Simone, Lili Pujol, Victor I. Cazares, and Esaú Mora round out the lineup of this lush, luscious JEM-focused flight towards space/s of playful performance.

Performance Schedule:

Tune in to The Sense of Brown: JEM Jam on HemiTV via Zoom, followed by a live post-show discussion moderated by host Mateo Hurtado and featuring some of the performers: Joe Louis, Esaú Mora, MARIKISCRYCRYCRY, Lili Pujol, and Victor Cazares.

5:45pm - Pre-show music

6:00pm - The Sense of Brown: JEM Jam

7:00pm - Post-show discussion

7:30pm - End of event